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The ore is sent to German and British smelteries.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)

There is no freight to pay, no waiting for assays or analyses, and no settlements with mills or smelteries.

From The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines by Hoskin, Arthur J.

In addition to the tin and precious metals, there are great beds of excellent coal—enough for all the smelteries and manufactories in the island.

From Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania by Gilson, Jewett Castello

What ravaging armies had left was burned in the smelteries.

From Hero Tales of the Far North by Riis, Jacob A. (Jacob August)

So cheaply and quickly is it mined and transported that it is delivered to the smelteries at a cost varying from $1.75 to $3.25 per ton.

From Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges by Redway, Jacques W. (Jacques Wardlaw)